Can't uninstall HB Service
philipyoungg opened this issue · 3 comments
Describe The Bug
I'm migrating my homebridge to docker. I wanted to uninstall hb-service
but got issue.
The 'hb-service uninstall' command is not available when Homebridge is running as a system package
Logs
No response
Config
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Homebridge UI Version
4.53.0
Homebridge Version
1.7.0
Node.js Version
18.13.0
Operating System
Ubuntu / Debian (or a variant)
Environment Info
- Using Docker?
- Using Hyper-V?
- Using hb-service?
Raspberry Pi Model
None
Hi @philipyoungg does this comment help at all? I know it's not a direct solution, but maybe it can help you understand how you have homebridge running so that it might be clearer how to properly uninstall/remove hb-service?
Sorry for the late reply. I didn't get notification on Github.
I honestly don't remember how I had it installed in Ubuntu.
I tried following https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-config-ui-x/wiki/How-To-Swap-From-Standalone-Mode-to-Service-Mode but
Remove the homebridge-config-ui-x service:
- doesn't work because I don't think it was installed as
standalone
back when I tried doing it.
- doesn't work because I don't think it was installed as
Remove the homebridge service:
- this part works.
sudo hb-service install --user homebridge --port 8080 -U /var/lib/homebridge
- this part doesn't work. Still the same error as
The 'hb-service install' command is not available when Homebridge is running as a system package.
- this part doesn't work. Still the same error as
Thanks, uninstalled by following https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-apt-pkg
Got the clue after doing when running hb-service status
Which spits out This hb-service command is provided by Homebridge APT Package